Lt.-Col.Lewis IronsideWood was baptised on 8 December 1866.1 He was the son of John RichardWood and Frances IsabellaWoodhouse.1 He died on 16 May 1915 at age 48 at Flanders, Belgium, killed in action.2 He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Border Regiment.2 He was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.).2 He fought in the First World War.2